Anyone got any experience with the FW thunderbolt kit?

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**sierra 1247**

Hey guys, I'm planning on adding a thunderbolt to my Existing Imperial Navy bits and Bob's. Just wondering if anyone's had experience with these and how good the quality is, ease of build etc?

**luftsb**

have a watch of this series on how to make it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCSPjJINH3k

**sing your life**

the instructions look detailed and highly informative, so I don't think this model will be any harder to build than other FW models.

**sierra 1247**

Right, thanks for the help guys

**bubber**

It's not 100% square & needs quite a bit of cleaning up.
I did manage to get a large GW flying base to fit with a bit of drilling & filing (& swearing).
I've also found out that if you want to have a clear canopy then cut some blister pack to size & fix in place with paint-on gloss varnish.

**Peregrine**

It's easy to build. You get 4-5 pieces for the body, and one piece for each of the wings and fins. And everything has plenty of overlap so it's not a big deal if a part is just slightly too small, unlike some FW kits. If you can handle large resin kits at all then you should have no problems with the Thunderbolt.